Sports Scholarship Local Bursary – Catrin Jones

Catrin Haf Jones, 17, from Bangor

School: Ysgol Friars, Bangor

Sport: Weightlifting

Ranking: Wales Senior Champion & GB U20 Champion

At present in her weight Class Catrin is Welsh & British; Schools and Youth Champion as well as multiple record holder in these classes, the Welsh champion and record holder up to 21 year old level, and the current British Senior Champion.

She holds Multiple British records for the under 15, 16, 17 & 20 year olds in 44kg & 48kg class

Catrin has competed at world level and in doing so she secured 8th place in the World Youths championships, breaking the British and Welsh records and being ranked 8th in the World at 44kg body weight in 2015.

In September 2015 Catrin represented Wales at the Commonwealth Youth Games in Samoa where she was selected to carry the Welsh Flag for Team Wales in the opening ceremony. She achieved the first gold medal of the games for Wales, and is now ranked number 1 in the Commonwealth for the 48kg weight class and age group.

In September 2016, she competed in European Youths in Poland securing a Bronze medal and silver in snatch.

In October 2016, Catrin finished 8th in the World Youths, and carried her total over to the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships competition which she secured a Silver in the Youths and Silver in Juniors.

In some cases the British records and Welsh records can be for a number of age groups e.g. Under 18s will be for under 16s and 17s, so more than one record broken at the World Youth Championships, broke British records for under 15, 16